Coronavirus in SE Texas: 5 things to know Wednesday

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Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames talks about the city's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Jefferson County mayors and the five county judges held a joint press conference to introduce a new hotline phone number and talk about the virus situation in the Jefferson County Courthouse on March 19, 2020. Fran Ruchalski/The Enterprise less

Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames talks about the city's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Jefferson County mayors and the five county judges held a joint press conference to introduce a new hotline phone number ... more

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Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames talks about the city's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Jefferson County mayors and the five county judges held a joint press conference to introduce a new hotline phone number and talk about the virus situation in the Jefferson County Courthouse on March 19, 2020. Fran Ruchalski/The Enterprise less

Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames talks about the city's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Jefferson County mayors and the five county judges held a joint press conference to introduce a new hotline phone number ... more

Photo: Fran Ruchalski/The Enterprise

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Click through the slideshow to see a by-the-numbers look at coronavirus in Southeast Texas.

Medical personnel work inside a tent set up in the back lot of Legacy Community Health on N. Eleventh Street in Beaumont offering COVID-19 testing after screening and also doing flu testing. The clinic is the first private screening unit set up in Jefferson County. Photo taken Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

Click through the slideshow to see a by-the-numbers look at coronavirus in Southeast Texas.

Medical personnel work inside a tent set up in the back lot of Legacy Community Health on N. Eleventh Street in Beaumont offering COVID-19 testing after screening and also doing flu testing. The clinic is the first private screening unit set up in Jefferson County. Photo taken Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Kim Brent/The Enterprise